knitting
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FO: hedgebind
Here comes another finished project from last year, and one I did share as WIP on the blog: my Hedgebind, by Marina Skua! (Ravelry pattern link). I actually finished this sweater back in July, but it took some time for me to get it blocked, and it took even longer to get photos of it. Continue reading
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FO: helix, versions 1 and 2
Happy new year! I started a new (temporary) job at the beginning of September, so things have been pretty full-on for the past couple of months. But I’ve been trying to enjoy the changing seasons, first autumn and now winter, and I’ve been getting some knitting done now and then. I thought I’d catch you Continue reading
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FO: nakti
Of course the first finished object I have to share since my previous WIP check post is one I didn’t even mention in that post. A few days after I published the post, though, I realized that it was coming up on one year since I’d first cast on my Nakti pullover, a pattern by Continue reading
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wandrian cowl
I’m so pleased to have new work to share today! While I think I had at least one new pattern per year during my PhD, much of that was work for Amirisu or other publications, and the last time I published a new Paper Tiger pattern was December 2020. Now that I have the opportunity Continue reading
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FO: the academic
On October 31, I defended my PhD thesis, finally bringing a transformative 5-year journey to an end. Of course, I had to knit something to wear for it. Given that a viva is a big once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing, I gave a lot of thought to the clothes I would wear. In Norway the defense Continue reading
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FO: piece of silver
Back in June, I finished knitting a garment for myself for the first time since 2022 (more specifically, since becoming a parent). Clearly, a milestone worth documenting. Last autumn I knit a plain stockinette sweater for my kid and I found the stockinette in the round both so soothing and so easy to throw in Continue reading
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september
September went by in a flash. It was a busy month of strange highs and lows on a personal level, but I looked for the small moments of beauty and joy where I could find them. On September 1, I had to turn the heaters on, and by this past final weekend of the month, Continue reading
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bramble: on yarn choice
Back in 2020, my Bramble Mitts (Ravelry link) were published in Amirisu. The pattern sample was worked up in Quince & Co. Finch, and if memory serves, this was the magazine’s choice. My original preference for the design was Jamieson’s Shetland Spindrift, due both to the huge range of colors available and the put-up in Continue reading
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espace tricot: knits from the lys
Some of you may know that when we lived in Montreal, I worked at Espace Tricot for a time. My colleagues and the community around the store became my knitting family there, and when Lisa and Melissa decided to move on, I was thrilled when my former store colleagues Steph and Naomi took over the Continue reading
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amirisu wrap-up
The main pattern work I’ve done alongside working on my PhD has been a series of patterns for Amirisu, all but one of which I’ve shared on the blog already (see my previous posts on Bramble and Blomsterkrans, and Kitchen Stories). My fourth and final pattern for Amirisu was published in issue 24, the spring/summer Continue reading
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